I am a Reader in European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR). I completed my PhD in European Studies at the University of Bradford and taught at the universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh and Glasgow before coming to the University of Westminster in 2004. I work in the fields of comparative European politics and European Union politics, specialising in German politics, political identity and internal security.
Why Berlin Christmas market attack puts new pressure on Angela Merkel
Dec 21, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A juggernaut ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin city centre on the evening of December 19, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 48. Minister of the interior Thomas de Maizière said that...
President Donald Trump and Europe: suddenly, security has been thrust back up the agenda
Nov 15, 2016 10:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
Donald Trumps victory in the US presidential election left European leaders struggling to formulate an appropriate response. French president François Hollande, who once claimed Trumps excesses made you want to...
Four men who will shape the way the EU negotiates Brexit
Sep 29, 2016 13:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Although the UK has yet to announce when it will trigger the all-important Article 50, which will start the process of it leaving the European Union, diplomats on the continent are getting ready for kick-off. Here we...
How Germany's troubled history adds a twist to Angela Merkel's migration woes
Jul 29, 2016 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
The motives behind the four attacks that have taken place in Germany recently are still under investigation. Links to Islamic State are suspected in two cases, but not in the others. The one common factor was that all the...
Post-Brexit power plays put Germany firmly in charge of Europe
Jul 04, 2016 19:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Irrespective of petitions, speculation about when Article 50 will be triggered and the implosion of the UKs two leading political parties, one thing is certain in post-referendum Britain the country has voluntarily and...
Apr 14, 2016 02:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ever since German chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, tried to persuade a reluctant Churchill to join the nascent European project in the years immediately following World War II, successive German leaders have acknowledged the...
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